Class of 2010 First TMHS graduation 'monumental'
They tossed their hats and the quintessential beach ball. They listened to community members, adults and peers exhorting them to dream, to write down their goals and to risk ridicule and failure to achieve them, to see the value of their own lives and to be safe. They walked across the stage to collect their diploma in blue robes paired with heels, flip flops and sneakers.

Photo: A nice day for a stroll
Josh Beach and Linda Williams look before crossing Calhoun Avenue near the Juneau-Douglas City Museum on Tuesday. Flowering lilac, hawthorn and rhododendron surround Amos Wallace's totem, "Harnessing of the Atom."

Photo: Ceramic show
Juneau-Douglas High School art teacher Heather Ridgway explains how a ceramic pot was made during a daylong art show on Wednesday. About 60 of Ridgway's students picked their two favorites pieces for the show. The students are, from left: Hanna Schempf, 18; John McDonald, 15; Jaden Sierra, 15; Rikki Trego, 15; Josh Hamilton, 17; and Megan Hart, 16.

Photo: Which is the better view?
Herman Miller of Michigan, left, and Dave Randlett of Juneau search the side of Mt. Juneau for mountain goats from Marine Park on Tuesday. Both men agreed Miller's 8x powered binoculars gave a better view of the mountain.

James Douglas Weir
Juneau resident James Douglas Weir died April 14, 2010, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. He was 52.

We'll lather, rinse, repeat if hurricane takes oil ashore
Sometimes, when I'm driving and have lots of time to let my mind wander because it's too dangerous to talk on the cell phone and I don't want to burn myself yet again with a Pop-Tart from my unwieldy mobile toaster, I like to wonder "what if?"

A place where Muslims love America
The people of Kosovo have something blunt and something subtle to tell the world. Explore the cities and the countryside, and you will see American flags waving from storefronts, gas stations and ordinary homes. Inch your way onto Bill Clinton Boulevard, one of the capital's busiest roads, and a 25-foot picture of the former president hanging from a massive building smiles at you across a permanent traffic jam.

Light rains give Alaska firefighters brief respite
ANCHORAGE - Light rain fell Tuesday on some of the dozens of wildfires burning in Alaska's interior, briefly discouraging fire growth. Fire managers said that won't do much good, however, if the ongoing parched weather drags on as expected.

Parnell veto pen looms over construction projects
FAIRBANKS - Gov. Sean Parnell has until June 9 to veto individual projects in the state Legislature's massive construction budget, meaning these are anxious times for supporters of big-ticket items in the Interior.